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OS Reinstallation and Recovery
Caution
Recovering the OS using the hard drive-based recovery or the OS
recovery CD/DVD erases the contents of your hard disk. Before recovering the OS,
back up any files you want to keep.
The NI RMC-8354 includes a preinstalled OS from the factory. The NI RMC-8354 also includes
two methods of restoring/reinstalling the OS to your system.
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Hard drive-based recovery stores a factory backup on a separate portion of your hard drive,
allowing you to restore your server without additional media.
Note
The hard drive recovery hot key is <F4>. To access the hard drive-based
recovery tool, press and hold <F4> when video first appears during the boot process.
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The NI RMC-8354 also ships with an OS recovery CD/DVD you can use to reinstall your
operating system onto your hard drive.
If you need to reinstall your operating system, you can use the included OS recovery
CD/DVD. Boot the NI RMC-8354 using the OS recovery CD/DVD to recover the OS.
Note
You also may need to update or reinstall software after using the OS
reinstallation CD/DVD to recover your OS. The OS reinstallation CD/DVD may
contain drivers that are older or newer than the factory-installed version of the OS and
may not contain the latest RAID drivers. To ensure you have the latest drivers, go to
www.intel.com
and install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) RAID
software package.
Note
After you reinstall or recover your OS, you may find shortcuts on the desktop
that require you to install specific drivers or software (for example, video drivers).
Due to driver and software packaging, it was not possible to preinstall this software
during the OS installation.